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146645 submission

Submission + - Adobe to Open Source Flex

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Thursday April 26, 2007 @01:11PM

An anonymous reader writes: Adobe Systems Incorporated today announced plans to release source code for Adobe Flex as open source. This initiative will let developers worldwide participate in the growth of the industry's most advanced framework for building cross-operating system rich Internet applications (RIAs) for the Web and enabling new Apollo applications for the desktop. The open source Flex SDK and documentation will be available under the Mozilla Public License (MPL).

129115 story

Perens Counters Claim of GPL Legal Risk 145

Posted by Zonk on Tuesday April 10, 2007 @12:42PM from the not-so-fast-my-friend dept.

Microsoft Delenda Est writes "After ACT, a Microsoft front group, started claiming that the GPLv3 was legally 'risky' and could give rise to anti-trust liability, eWeek has published a rebuttal by Bruce Perens. Aside from the fact that IBM, HP, Red Hat, and a couple dozen corporate lawyers are watching over the creation of the GPLv3, there is already precedent that shows the GPL is unlikely to give rise to any significant liability — Daniel Wallace v. FSF. In that case, pro se litigant Daniel Wallace was all but laughed out of the courtroom for alleging the GPLv2 violates anti-trust law, and the GPLv3 clauses in question are simply clarifications and extensions of clauses in the GPLv2. Presumably, that is why the ACT neglected to cite any precedent substantiating their allegations."

129131 submission

Submission + - Chips that Change

Submitted by MrYutz on Tuesday April 10, 2007 @12:38PM

MrYutz writes: If you use this computer chip — you may never have to upgrade. Need a toaster — no problem; need a tri-corder — no problem. Next up at Raytheon — matter to energy converters.

129117 submission

Submission + - Best business blogs - My preferred!

Submitted by

seibukan

on Tuesday April 10, 2007 @12:29PM

seibukan writes: "Two blogs on the Internet that are worth thousands of dollars! Sure, there are millions of blogs out there, and I read a lot of them, but sometimes when I am busy working on some of my projects like today, I read only two."

129083 submission

Submission + - Apache battling Sun over Java License

Submitted by

nuages

on Tuesday April 10, 2007 @12:06PM

nuages writes: "InfoWorld is reporting that the Apache Software Foundation is going public with a dispute it is having with Sun Microsystems over that company's Microsoft-like behavior regarding a license for the Java technology compatibility kit needed for the Apache Harmony project, an open source implementation of Java Platform. (http://www.infoworld.com/article/07/04/10/HNsunap ache_1.html). In an open letter of protest to Sun, posted Tuesday, Apache says that the JCK [Java Compatibility Kit] license Sun is offering "imposes IP rights restrictions" that are unacceptable to Apache and that violate the terms of the Java Specification Participation Agreement (JSPA), to which Sun is bound. Sun's JCK license protects portions of Sun's commercial Java business at the expense of Apache's open software, Apache contends."

129075 submission

Submission + - Web 2.0 Expo - I'll Be There

Submitted by

kj_agot

on Tuesday April 10, 2007 @12:03PM

kj_agot writes: "I'll be at O'Reilly's Web 2.0 Expo in San Francisco April 15-18. It neatly coincides with a visit we have to make to catch up with family, show off the baby, etc., so I'll take an extra day and get drunk on Web 2.0 stuff."

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